John ltpps



(No Model.)

. J. LIP-PS.

HAME ATTACHMENT.

1%} 339,520 Patentd'Sept. 11, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LTPPS, OF ROCKFORD, IOVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO T. S. ROBERTS, OFSAME PLACE.

HAME ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,520, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

Application filed April 9, 1888. Serial No.270,019.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LIPPS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Rock ford, in the county of Floyd and State of Iowa, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Combination Hame, Loop, and Buckle forgarness, of which the following is a specifica- The invention relates tohame-fasteners.

The object of the present invention is to simplify their constructionand enable the hames to be fastened in less time than has heretoforebeen possible. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce ahamefastener that will allow the hames to be secured together by a strapwhich is without buckles, and that will permit the position of the strapto be changed to prevent all the wear being at the same place; and,finally, the object is to produce a device that is cheap in itsconstruction and capable of being attached to any of the forms of hamesin common use.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of theparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

p In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, andin which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure1 is a perspective view of an end of a hame provided with a combinedbuckle and loop, and illustrating the strap and the manner of bucklingit to fasten the ends of the hames together. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective View of the combined buckle and loop. Fig. 3 is a detailview of an end of a hame.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a hame, of anydesired construction, provided on its end with the hame-iron B. Thehame-iron B is secured to the hame in the ordinary manner,and extendsout beyond the end of the hame and forms an opening,.C,

adapted for the reception of a screw or pivot,

D, that secures a combined loop and buckle, E, to the end of the hame A.

The combined loop and buckle E, consisting of the loop 0 and the bucklee, is connected to the end of the hame A by the pivot or screw D, whichpasses through eyes 0 formed in en- (No model.)

larged portions of the sides of the combined loop and buckle and throughan opening, 0, constructed by the hameiron B passing around the end ofthe hame A. Instead of pivotally connecting the combined loop and buckleE to the hame-iron B in the manner above described, the combined loopand buckle may be constructed integral with the hame-iron.

A combined loop and buckle, E, constructed as above described, isprovided at each end of the hames; and in order to fasten the ends ofthe hames together a strap, F, constructed of a straight piece withoutany buckle, is employed. One end of the strap F is fastened to thebuckle e at an end of the hame and passed through the loop 6', and thenthe other end of the strap Fis secured to the buckle c at thecorresponding end of the other hame,and then slipped into the loop. Theother ends of the hames are fastened together in a similar manner. Bythis construction the loop 6 is contiguous to the buckle c, and mayalways be employed to secure the free end of the strap, and the positionof the strap F may be changed and the wear be prevented, being at thesame place, and the strap be made to last longer, thereby reducing thecost of the fastenings, and the hames can be made to fit the collarperfectly and so closely that it is impossible to displace them whenbacking with a load.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, andadvantages of the present invention willreadily be understood; and it is obvious that great time is saved inbuckling the hames, that as they may always be fastened together at oneend it is only necessary to secure the strap in the combined buckle andloop at the other ends of the hames, that the device is exceedinglycheap and uncomplicated in its construction, and that it may be attachedto any of the forms of hames in common use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a hame and the back iron thereon, the loop andbuckle E, forming a hame-fastener, as described, consisting of thebuckle having the usual tongue, the ears or enlarged portions on oneside of the tongue and having perforations c therein, the loop 0' Intestimony thatI claim the foregoing as my at the end of the buckleopposite the tongue, own I have hereto affixed my signature in presandthe pivot or screw D, passing through the once of two witnesses.

perforations c and entering the end ofahame, JOHN LIPPS. 5 whereby thecombined buckle and loop is piv- \Vitnesses:

otally attached to the end of a heme, as set F. G. JOHNSON,

forth. G. F. WHITNEY.

